Transcript

10/12/26 - Hour 1 · The Huddle

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Wisconsin, and welcome to the huddle. It's time
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Speaker 1: Now, gather around because it's time to huddle up.
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Speaker 5: We know exactly what we got to do.
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Speaker 6: All right?
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Speaker 2: Let's go out and kick some tape.
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Speaker 3: All right?
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Speaker 2: There you go.
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Speaker 5: One, two, three.
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Speaker 7: We got some big plays coming.
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Speaker 2: What the hell's going on out here?
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Speaker 8: Yellow Weasel.
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Speaker 5: We're calling the plays, all right?
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Speaker 2: It is time. Who do you think you are?
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Speaker 8: With Drew Olsen.
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Speaker 9: When he spoke, he commanded your attention and he commanded
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Speaker 9: your respect.
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Speaker 1: Bill Schmidt.
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Speaker 3: That son of a gun is thick.
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Speaker 1: And Armin Sarian.
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Speaker 3: Daddy Sarian.
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Speaker 1: Welcome to the huddle.
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Speaker 2: Play action.
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Speaker 8: Love looks to deal.
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Speaker 3: Rainbowing left side.
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Speaker 10: Watson out there.
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Speaker 5: Touchdown Green Bay Packers.
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Speaker 10: Watson, 42 yards over the top.
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Speaker 2: Here comes the bats with a 2-1. Ground ball towards
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Speaker 2: the middle. Ranging over there is Terrain.
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Speaker 3: Tough play to start the day. And a pick from
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Speaker 3: Jake Bowers.
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Speaker 2: Here's the snap.
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Speaker 8: Bajan looking, fires it over the middle.
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Speaker 3: Ball deflected.
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Speaker 10: Intercepted in the deep secondary. Intercepted by Xavier McKinney.
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Speaker 8: Who's 0-2 to Smith is the first non-fastball and it
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Speaker 8: could be two.
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Speaker 5: 6-4-3 double play scoreless first Jacob Miserowski.
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Speaker 8: And now Love takes on the handoff Lloyd around the
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Speaker 8: right side cuts.
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Speaker 5: It back cuts it tackle heads up.
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Speaker 10: Touchdown Marshawn Lloyd Love steps up rainbows deep.
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Speaker 5: Down the middle oh he's got Watson in the end
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Speaker 5: yeah touchdown yeah touchdown Green.
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Speaker 10: Bay Packers.
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Speaker 2: Sliced in the air, deep center field.
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Speaker 3: Pahas going back, running.
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Speaker 5: Out of room.
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Speaker 2: It's tied.
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Speaker 10: Goes Terrain.
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Speaker 3: That hop off that.
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Speaker 4: It's a glorious home run that changes it all in
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Speaker 4: game one.
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Speaker 8: And play action. Love bootlegging left, looking downfield.
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Speaker 3: Another deep shot. Tucker Kraft, 25-20. Angled out of bounds.
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Speaker 3: 15-yard line. He was wide open. Grounds 1-3.
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Speaker 5: Into center field. Milwaukee takes the lead. Adam in the
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Speaker 5: order gets it done. Brewer ball right there. Sacrifice one.
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Speaker 5: Base hit.
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Speaker 10: 2-1.
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Speaker 8: Bajent waits. Fires it over the middle. And intercepted.
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Speaker 10: Intercepted by X marks the spot.
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Speaker 3: Xavier McKinney. And it's Green Bay football.
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Speaker 10: Just short of the Packers 45. Second interception of the
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Speaker 10: day for McKinney.
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Speaker 3: Rebays 0-2.
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Speaker 10: Give Lloyd a bouncing left outside end zone.
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Speaker 5: Touchdown.
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Speaker 10: His second touchdown of the game.
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Speaker 3: Ortiz on the move. High throw, but it's caught by Bowers.
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Speaker 5: And that's that for the Dodgers in the eighth.
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Speaker 8: Keenum steps up to the line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 10: Takes a high snap. Fires over the middle.
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Speaker 8: Intercepted.
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Speaker 10: Intercepted by the Packers. Intercepted by Tyron Hopper. Out of
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Speaker 10: the end zone. Cutting news right. Across the 10 to
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Speaker 10: the 15. And the Packers may have delivered the dagger.
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Speaker 3: In the air to center field.
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Speaker 2: Mitchell's going back onto the track. He's got room.
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Speaker 5: And the Bulls got game one. 2-1 the final score.
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Speaker 6: What a spectacular day. The weather.
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Speaker 2: The game.
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Speaker 8: Rock, I think we're in heaven.
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Speaker 2: I think we're in heaven. New time slot. Who this?
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Speaker 2: Welcome in to the first afternoon edition. Huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin,
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Speaker 2: 920 Milwaukee, 1070 Madison, everywhere on the iHeart App, streaming
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Speaker 2: live for you, Facebook, X, and YouTube. I'm Drew Olson,
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Speaker 2: joined by Bill Schmidt, live from Saz's Statehouse on the
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Speaker 2: patio on this Chamber of Commerce day, following a glorious
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Speaker 2: sports doubleheader. Let's give our first game ball to Armin Sarian,
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Speaker 2: producer of the program, who's back at headquarters, not here
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Speaker 2: enjoying sliders with us. I'm missing out, big time. Enjoying
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Speaker 2: the nice weather, and he's holding it down back at headquarters,
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Speaker 2: put together the new show open. And that opening montage
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Speaker 2: after one of the more glorious sports days in memory
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Speaker 2: in the state of Wisconsin. Oh, my goodness.
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Speaker 3: We're working on it, guys. You know, hey, we're working
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Speaker 3: on it. But it was a great day. It was
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Speaker 3: a great day.
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Speaker 2: It was a fantastic day. And let's run it back.
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Speaker 2: Let's have the Brewers take a command and do an elite.
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Speaker 2: You know, I had a couple of shower thoughts this morning.
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Speaker 2: One I shared on the old X. I liked it, too.
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Speaker 2: I saved this one for the radio, though. You know,
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Speaker 2: sports comes at you fast. And in the span of
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Speaker 2: 18 hours from when that fly ball settled into Mitchell's glove,
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Speaker 2: we fast forward 18 hours to the first pitch. Last
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Speaker 2: night felt like, and I know you can look at
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Speaker 2: it a number of ways, but it felt like a
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Speaker 2: must-win game for the Brewers. The Brewers must win when
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Speaker 2: Miz is on the mound. They must win. They must
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Speaker 2: hold serve. You can't go down 0-1 with Miz on
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Speaker 2: the mound because it'll feel like the job is just
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Speaker 2: too big. Today... It feels like a must-win for the
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Speaker 2: Dodgers because if they go down 2-0, I'm not sure
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Speaker 2: this series is coming back for game six. Oh, now
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Speaker 2: we're talking. Now we're talking some really– Because the Dodgers
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Speaker 2: offense is imploding. They're not playing at the peak of
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Speaker 2: their powers. And last night, I would ask because we're
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Speaker 2: going to talk Packers and Brewers. Everybody says, oh, you've
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Speaker 2: got so much to talk about. That makes it hard. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: there's too much. It's like trying to decide whether I
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Speaker 2: want the pork belly slider or the tenderloin slider.
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Speaker 4: Knowing the festival combo is still on its way in
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Speaker 4: the 4 o'clock hour.
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Speaker 2: I know. But it's like the Packers– Thumping of the
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Speaker 2: Bears was unexpected. The Brewers' victory against the Dodgers, maybe
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Speaker 2: not unexpected, but the margins are so slim in sports
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Speaker 2: these days, and the Dodgers executed their plan perfectly, much
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Speaker 2: like the Padres did in Game 1. They got Miz's
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Speaker 2: pitch count up. They got him out. They got into
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Speaker 2: the bullpen and didn't do anything. The Brewers got their
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Speaker 2: two runs in, I've got to say, the most unlikely
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Speaker 2: of fashion. Not Brewers' way. Bryce Trang hitting a home
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Speaker 2: run off of that guy, Scooble, on a middle-league fastball.
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Speaker 2: That pitch. That is just unprecedented. And then they play
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Speaker 2: the small ball later with Cooper Pratt putting down a bunt,
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Speaker 2: moving a runner into scoring position to set up Luis Lara,
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Speaker 2: the 21-year-old kid, and then Ortiz behind him. And they
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Speaker 2: got a run because Lara hit the first pitch in
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Speaker 2: the middle. Cleanest ball right up the middle, yep. Those
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Speaker 2: are unlikely runs, and the Brewers, they were Brewers-ing, and
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers tried to Dodger them, but the Dodgers stuck
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Speaker 2: to their plan. Their guys pitched well, and they still lost.
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Speaker 2: And they still held the L, Drew. And that's why now,
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Speaker 2: if the Dodgers lose today, if the Brewers can get
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Speaker 2: to Yamamoto, if they can put it up, if they can,
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Speaker 2: you know, there were some advantages to what the Dodgers
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Speaker 2: did last night. You know, they got into the pen,
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Speaker 2: they got a look at Ashby and Uribe and McGill,
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Speaker 2: and they made the Brewers use their high leverage guys. damn,
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Speaker 2: that was a good win for the Brewers, an unbelievable
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Speaker 2: win for the Packers. Unbelievable one for the Packers, yes.
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Speaker 2: I mean, a statement game, a turning point in the
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Speaker 2: season game.
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Speaker 4: Well, Wayne and Larry said it yesterday that it's one
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Speaker 4: that you can legitimately change the way that you forecast
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Speaker 4: and look at the rest of the year. But as
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Speaker 4: Matt LaFleur said, as many folks wanted to discuss, and
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Speaker 4: many people want to talk and take shots, well, let's
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Speaker 4: focus on us. Focus on us. And when you focus
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Speaker 4: on the Brewers in terms of, how they manufactured their runs.
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Speaker 4: Luis Lara, 21 years old. I know in the postgame, Drew,
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Speaker 4: you were in there last night. Folks asking Murph, like, hey,
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Speaker 4: can you fill us in? Like, why on earth would
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Speaker 4: you set up a 21-year-old that barely any of us
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Speaker 4: know his name?
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Speaker 2: But it plays into the.
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Speaker 4: Way that the Brewers were a year ago of the
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Speaker 4: underdogs going into the series where Murph said, I don't
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Speaker 4: know that many guys on that Dodger team could name
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Speaker 4: three guys on our roster. Where you have at least
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Speaker 4: a little tick of that, a play to it, But
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Speaker 4: for Bryce Durang, for you to ultimately win here in
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Speaker 4: the postseason, you're going to need your guys to be
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Speaker 4: primetime players, and he did not have a great NLDS.
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Speaker 4: He was a big reason why you won in the
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Speaker 4: DS a year ago. Drew, he started out with one
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Speaker 4: of the best plays you're going to see all postseason
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Speaker 4: long on that play across second base, lining up nearly
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Speaker 4: into the shortstop position to be able to throw that
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Speaker 4: first one out. They turned two double plays in the
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Speaker 4: first two innings, And without that double play in the second,
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Speaker 4: tonight could have a totally different tenor. You would have
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Speaker 4: gone to Miz much earlier. If Kike Hernandez does what
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Speaker 4: he generally has done in the playoffs, that's either a
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Speaker 4: three-run Dodger lead, a four-run Dodger lead.
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Speaker 2: Instead, it's one-nothing.
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Speaker 4: And even though it maybe felt like three or four-nothing,
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Speaker 4: you said it to me as we're driving back from
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Speaker 4: Lambeau yesterday, they're one swing away from tying this game.
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Speaker 4: You're right in it, even though through the first two innings,
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Speaker 4: it felt very slanted. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: What a turn of events. The Packers went from bumbling
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Speaker 2: and stumbling to suddenly they're 3-2 and they're back in
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Speaker 2: the mix. Yeah, the Vikings are 5-0, but the division
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Speaker 2: hasn't gotten away from them yet. No one fully believes
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Speaker 2: in them yet. And, you know, the Bears aren't this
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Speaker 2: indomitable monster that's going to be the best offense of
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Speaker 2: all time because they got stymied again. Jonathan Gannon, shout
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Speaker 2: out to him and the defense. That was the best
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Speaker 2: Packers game top to bottom we've seen in, what, two years?
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Speaker 4: Yes, and the most complete game that they have played
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Speaker 4: since all year while still leaving some room for improvement
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Speaker 4: because a lot of meat on the bone trace, Matt.
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Speaker 2: Goodness gracious.
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Speaker 4: Now, apparently, those uniforms that you look at on the
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Speaker 4: other side, you just have to miss three kicks. Ultimately,
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Speaker 4: when you put the ball into scoring position, as much
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Speaker 4: as the Packers did last night, not going to matter.
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Speaker 2: And the best way to slow down.
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Speaker 4: A run game, crazy idea, Drew, just be up 14-0
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Speaker 4: after your first 20 plays. That was the one thing
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Speaker 4: the Bears hadn't faced was being punched in the mouth
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Speaker 4: the way the Packers did early yesterday. and that was
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Speaker 4: as satisfying of a win as I can remember.
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Speaker 2: Remember when the narrative was that Jordan Love couldn't throw
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Speaker 2: the deep ball? He'll never be elite because he can't
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Speaker 2: throw the deep ball. Look at him dropping in the bucket.
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Speaker 2: Look at him completing a pass when he's getting just
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Speaker 2: drilled and still completing and dropping in the bucket. It
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Speaker 2: was an impeccable effort by him. You're right. Yes, we
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Speaker 2: can nitpick with some things and Trace Mack Sure, missing
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Speaker 2: two kicks and a point after. Cairo Santos missed one, too.
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Speaker 2: I don't know if that balances the sheet or if
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Speaker 2: it was a windy day that we didn't notice or something.
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Speaker 2: But that's the one thing. And I guess sports is
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Speaker 2: temporary because there was a time when I didn't feel
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Speaker 2: like you had to worry about Trace Mack. Now we're
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Speaker 2: back to the point where you worry about him and
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Speaker 2: his confidence.
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Speaker 4: Back to get some oxygen for the kickers.
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Speaker 2: But you're going to miss some kicks, miss it when
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Speaker 2: you have a huge lead. And the only drama towards
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Speaker 2: the back, what, 20 minutes of that game was what's
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Speaker 2: the handshake going to look like? That's the only thing
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Speaker 2: that was left to be decided.
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Speaker 4: And what will be said, it turns out, nothing, because
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Speaker 4: one side of that handshake line didn't say anything, didn't
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Speaker 4: even move his lips, instead just looked into the camera
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Speaker 4: all pouty-faced, and that was a beautiful, beautiful sight to see.
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Speaker 4: And to be able to, Drew, last night, after the Brewers' victory,
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Speaker 4: after I immediately heard Bryce Terangue, make Alex Rodriguez feel
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Speaker 4: like the oldest man in the 4-1-4 last night, talking
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Speaker 4: about how he played in his debut with Bryce's dad,
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Speaker 4: but Bryce hadn't been born yet at that moment. A-Rod
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Speaker 4: got a tough moment at that spot. Then I got
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Speaker 4: to realize it had been nine full hours since the
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Speaker 4: finish of the game, and I had not listened to
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Speaker 4: Ben Johnson's post-game press conference. I had not listened to
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Speaker 4: him saltily say, answer questions for six and a half
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Speaker 4: minutes so I availed myself to that knowing we were
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Speaker 4: going to be starting up the two to five huddle
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Speaker 4: today the happy hour huddle here at Saz's Statehouse and
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Speaker 4: didn't have to worry about getting up at 4 a.m.
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Speaker 4: I was able to bask in the glow even more
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Speaker 4: and now we get to bask in all of it
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Speaker 4: in this beautiful sunshine today.
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Speaker 2: I mentioned I mentioned last week that I kind of
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Speaker 2: remember going to a Brewers playoff game and then heading
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Speaker 2: and watching the Badgers and Curbstomp, Nebraska, Nebraska's first game
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Speaker 2: in the Big Ten. That was kind of a doubleheader,
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Speaker 2: I think. I think that was the doubleheader. Sounds right.
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Speaker 2: I had to dip out of the Brewers game early
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Speaker 2: to get to Madison, and this time I got to see, well,
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Speaker 2: I got to the game last night. You know, you
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Speaker 2: dropped me off. I got there in about the third
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Speaker 2: inning and was able to see two, like I was
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Speaker 2: able to bookend one of the greatest days, probably the
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Speaker 2: best day in Wisconsin sports since the Bucs won the championship.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I would struggle to say there's been a
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Speaker 4: better doubleheader.
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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean.
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Speaker 2: They always go the other way, like when the Brewers
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Speaker 2: got stomped in their opener and then Bucky lost to Duke. Correct, right.
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Speaker 2: That black Monday, one of the worst Mondays of all time.
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Speaker 4: You double it up by, oh, the Packers just lost
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Speaker 4: in the NFC title game. The Bucks are going to
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Speaker 4: blow a 20-point lead tonight. That'll be a sweet way
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Speaker 4: to cap it off. Instead, you tied it up in
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Speaker 4: the satisfying way. I don't know, Drew, maybe it's just
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Speaker 4: me because I did not... That result at Lambeau yesterday...
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Speaker 4: As green and gold and as much as I love
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Speaker 4: to carry the G throughout this great state of Wisconsin,
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Speaker 4: I did not see that outcome coming. And when you
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Speaker 4: get to celebrate the unforeseen, that made it so much
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Speaker 4: sweeter to know that you beat that team and that
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Speaker 4: coach that way.
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Speaker 2: Oh, that was good. I think the baseball equivalent of
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Speaker 2: what the Packers pulled off yesterday is especially given the
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Speaker 2: narrative that was developing on Friday going into the game,
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Speaker 2: watching the panel shows that I hate watch on a
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Speaker 2: regular basis, given the narrative that was bubbling, that Packers result,
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Speaker 2: I think the equivalent would be a Brewer's sweep of
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers. That would be the shocking, like, oh, my God.
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Speaker 2: I'm with you on that. Yeah, for sure. That's kind
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Speaker 2: of what we're in. We're one quarter of the way
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Speaker 2: to making that a reality. All right, we're off and running.
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Speaker 2: We're live at Saz's today, our first afternoon show. What
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Speaker 2: better place to spend it than with the finest Saz
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Speaker 2: and his crew, 55th and State. They're running shuttles to
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Speaker 2: the ballgame. This is the place to park. Don't worry
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Speaker 2: about the hassle of the stadium. Let them take you there.
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Speaker 2: Get yourself a cocktail. Get yourself some of these delicious sliders.
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Speaker 2: We've sampled it. He's got a playoff menu for you.
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Speaker 2: It is spectacular here at Saz's. It's Chamber of Commerce Day,
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Speaker 2: 4 o'clock first pitch. Time to come and say hi
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Speaker 2: to us. Get a beer, jump on the bus, and
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Speaker 2: go enjoy the game or enjoy the game here. Avail yourself.
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Speaker 2: Of the combo platter and the ribs. That's the way
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Speaker 2: to go about it. Yeah, just go about it that way.
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Speaker 4: I'm already looking at this Stephanie burger. Bacon, sour cream,
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Speaker 4: and chive sauce, pretzel bun, goodness gracious. Just talking your language.
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Speaker 4: All right, so when we come back, we've got a
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Speaker 4: packed show for you.
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Speaker 2: It's our first foray into the afternoon after stumbling around
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Speaker 2: from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. for about 10 months.
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Speaker 2: We're here 2 to 5, our new slot. Armand's back
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Speaker 2: at headquarters, 877-794-1973. Get to the NicoletLaw.com talk and text line.
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Speaker 2: When we come back, we're going to talk to Hunter Baumgart,
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Speaker 2: who's live at the ballpark getting ready to cover another
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Speaker 2: playoff game for us. He's also going on the road
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Speaker 2: to L.A. After that, we'll catch up with Wayne Larrabee,
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Speaker 2: the voice of the Packers, who was absolutely giddy yesterday
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Speaker 2: during the broadcast. He and Larry said they were having
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Speaker 2: a great old time, and why wouldn't they? It was
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Speaker 2: a great day to be a sports fan. That was
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Speaker 2: definitely one of the 10% days of being a sports fan.
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Speaker 2: In fact, that might have been a 1%-er.
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Speaker 4: I was going to say, it's going to be tough
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Speaker 4: to find another 9% to hang with that one.
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Speaker 2: It was special, and we're having a special day here
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Speaker 2: at Saz's. It's glorious. Come and see us. Keep listening.
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Speaker 2: We're having some technical difficulties on some fronts, but we're
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Speaker 2: working through it. Hang with us. You're listening to The Huddle. Drew, Billy,
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Speaker 2: and Armin huddled up on a Monday in the good
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Speaker 2: land on a glorious Victory Monday. Victory Chicken Monday, or
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Speaker 2: today we might have to do Victory Sliders Monday because
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Speaker 2: that's what we're having here at Saz's on the patio.
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Speaker 2: as folks are getting ready to take the shuttle up
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Speaker 2: the hill to American Family Field. Game 2 of the
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Speaker 2: National League Championship Series gets underway at 4 o'clock today.
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Speaker 2: If you're going to the game, you need a ride,
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Speaker 2: park here and jump on the shuttle. This is the spot.
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Speaker 2: If you're not going to the game and you're hungry
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Speaker 2: and thirsty, this is the spot. Watch inside Saz's, the
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Speaker 2: finest 55th and State Street. Check it out, saz's.com, the website.
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Speaker 2: Hunter Baumgart is a little busy at the ballpark at
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Speaker 2: this juncture. So we're going to call an audible right now. What,
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Speaker 2: is there something going on there? Yeah, there's something going on.
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Speaker 2: There's something going on there? Something's going on in Hunter's eye.
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Speaker 2: He's a busy man. So we're going to call an
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Speaker 2: audible at the line of scrimmage, and we're going to
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Speaker 2: hear from Brewer skipper Pat Murphy in his pregame meeting
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Speaker 2: with reporters. Armand, hit the button. Let's hear from the
16:10
Speaker 2: skipper before game two.
16:11
Speaker 6: It's just been a godsend in and of itself, but
16:15
Speaker 6: I never like to talk about the pitching separate because
16:19
Speaker 6: defense affects pitching, offense affects pitching, vice versa. You know,
16:23
Speaker 6: they all intertwine, so The team understands that it's all
16:27
Speaker 6: hands on deck. And they know what we've got to
16:33
Speaker 6: take care of business day in and day out.
16:35
Speaker 4: With the lineups, which is obviously left to right, sort
16:38
Speaker 4: of a natural thing, but are there aspects of the
16:40
Speaker 4: swing profiles of the lefty bats that you like in particular?
16:44
Speaker 8: Very tough repertoire, obviously, but things that you like there.
16:47
Speaker 6: I mean, I wish we could, that paddle that I
16:49
Speaker 6: was talking about buying these kids, I wish we could
16:50
Speaker 6: go to the plate with that today against Yamamoto because
16:53
Speaker 6: we need a little bigger surface on that. barrel of
16:56
Speaker 6: the bat he's so effective and so good but yeah
17:00
Speaker 6: i mean yelly's been he's had an incredible uh last
17:05
Speaker 6: month i mean he's been very very good and i
17:09
Speaker 6: don't know that um i mean vaughn did a great
17:11
Speaker 6: job yesterday and his handle scooble nobody handled school you
17:16
Speaker 6: know i mean he's he's he's so good but vaughn's
17:19
Speaker 6: had some quality at bats often and he did have
17:22
Speaker 6: one yesterday but I don't know that I'd do that again.
17:27
Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
17:27
Speaker 6: I think I'm yelling going the way he's going. I
17:30
Speaker 6: think it, it, it's a great statement for our team
17:34
Speaker 6: and that they, everybody recognize here's our MVP. Here's our,
17:38
Speaker 6: here's our guy that has done so much. And he,
17:41
Speaker 6: he stood there and was as good a teammate as
17:43
Speaker 6: you could ever believe. And, um, yeah. So in retrospect,
17:49
Speaker 6: the happy it happened, but I don't know that I'll
17:51
Speaker 6: do it again. Um, Yeah, I think Sal needs to
17:57
Speaker 6: be in there and Yelly needs to be in there.
18:00
Speaker 3: Jason.
18:02
Speaker 7: Hi, Murph.
18:03
Speaker 2: First quick question.
18:04
Speaker 7: Have you heard from Springsteen today?
18:06
Speaker 6: Have not.
18:07
Speaker 8: But I listen to them.
18:09
Speaker 2: What do you listen to?
18:12
Speaker 6: Thunder Road is my go-to. And what else? Darkness on
18:17
Speaker 6: the Edge of Town. Love the song. God. And they
18:20
Speaker 6: mean something to me. And I got this book. It
18:23
Speaker 6: tells me what the songs mean and how we wrote
18:26
Speaker 6: and what was behind it. It's got this huge thing.
18:28
Speaker 6: I just got it. And I don't want to read
18:31
Speaker 6: it now because that song means that to me. So
18:34
Speaker 6: I don't want it to change.
18:38
Speaker 7: Second question. I know you love to play psychologist.
18:40
Speaker 9: Dave Roberts has walked into this room a couple times
18:44
Speaker 9: and talked about the advantage of making your team uncomfortable
18:50
Speaker 9: by taking leads in the games.
18:53
Speaker 7: How about the meaning of taking a lead in the series?
18:57
Speaker 7: You obviously weren't able to do that last year in
19:01
Speaker 7: this series. When you're up 1-0 and a best of
19:03
Speaker 7: seven on that team, is that an advantage psychologically or
19:08
Speaker 7: in any other way for your group?
19:11
Speaker 6: I mean, I think it gives our group, who's relatively speaking,
19:17
Speaker 6: you know, relatively young, it gives our group a feeling of, yes,
19:23
Speaker 6: we can. And that's the most important feeling you can have.
19:26
Speaker 6: In my mind, fundamentally, it starts with a belief. And
19:30
Speaker 6: I think that coming out of that game on top
19:33
Speaker 6: yesterday and winning the games in San Diego the way
19:35
Speaker 6: we did, I mean, Hakeem Uecker knocked that ball down
19:42
Speaker 6: in game one.
19:43
Speaker 1: And....
19:51
Speaker 6: The way we won game two, you know, was just like,
19:54
Speaker 6: you better start believing. So we haven't played great, but
19:59
Speaker 6: we're playing against the best. We're facing the best pitching
20:02
Speaker 6: on the planet. And I'm hoping we break through and
20:06
Speaker 6: keep that belief. But it starts with that belief.
20:10
Speaker 3: Go to Adam on the left.
20:13
Speaker 2: We have Gasser now on the list as your game
20:17
Speaker 2: three pitcher.
20:17
Speaker 7: Are you willing to share?
20:19
Speaker 6: Are you recommending that?
20:20
Speaker 2: No, it's on Mike's list, so it's official.
20:25
Speaker 8: That's a great joke. That's a great joke, Adam.
20:28
Speaker 6: It's on Mike's list, so it's official.
20:31
Speaker 2: Would you share with us, though, what you discussed with
20:33
Speaker 2: Dustin May about his role here in these games like
20:38
Speaker 2: today and moving forward?
20:39
Speaker 7: How do you see using him?
20:40
Speaker 6: I mean, he could start game four.
20:42
Speaker 2: You know, who knows?
20:46
Speaker 6: But he's got a role on our team right now
20:48
Speaker 6: of pitching and getting outs. And we've told him that, hey,
20:51
Speaker 6: we need you to be ready every day to get outs.
20:53
Speaker 6: And if we've got an update and a status, we'll
20:56
Speaker 6: let you know.
20:58
Speaker 2: Go to Tyler.
20:59
Speaker 8: Murph, how do you get such buy-in from your players
21:03
Speaker 8: for your style of play? I mean, anybody can bunt
21:07
Speaker 8: at any time. Anybody can be benched and being pulled.
21:09
Speaker 8: How do you get the buy-in?
21:11
Speaker 6: I don't see it that way. I'm not trying to
21:15
Speaker 6: avoid your question, but you never know what buy-in you have.
21:20
Speaker 6: I think these guys want to win for each other.
21:23
Speaker 6: I don't think I really play that big of a role.
21:25
Speaker 6: I know I do with you guys.
21:27
Speaker 2: You guys.
21:29
Speaker 6: Like listening to my nonsense. Or maybe you don't. I
21:33
Speaker 6: know some of the local guys don't. I just don't
21:40
Speaker 6: in style of play I mean, we're just trying to
21:44
Speaker 6: play great defense. We're trying to throw strikes. We're trying
21:48
Speaker 6: to throw a lot of different looks at them. And
21:51
Speaker 6: we're trying to get the first and take a left
21:53
Speaker 6: and keep going. I mean, every team's doing that, you know.
21:58
Speaker 6: I don't think we play any different than anybody else.
22:00
Speaker 2: I really don't.
22:00
Speaker 6: And I hear it a lot. I love the way
22:02
Speaker 6: you guys play.
22:02
Speaker 8: I'm like, well, I don't.
22:04
Speaker 6: You know, I mean, there's plenty of days I don't,
22:06
Speaker 6: you know, but. buy-in from players. I think they're just
22:10
Speaker 6: great dudes that care about each other. I don't think
22:12
Speaker 6: they're buying into anything I'm doing. I think they're buying
22:16
Speaker 6: into each other and they're buying into winning at a
22:17
Speaker 6: big-time level. Regardless of the odds or the adversity or
22:21
Speaker 6: what the scenario is, you know, I think it's about them.
22:29
Speaker 2: I really do.
22:30
Speaker 5: Let's go to Steve in the middle of the second round.
22:33
Speaker 7: Okay, Steve.
22:34
Speaker 8: Logan Henderson hasn't really had a hiccup as far as career.
22:37
Speaker 4: No, he hasn't.
22:38
Speaker 3: Hasn't allowed more than three runs, I think, in a
22:39
Speaker 3: single start.
22:40
Speaker 8: What is it about him that's enabled him to be
22:43
Speaker 8: as steady as he's been throughout?
22:45
Speaker 6: Yeah, it starts with the person, first and foremost. Spend
22:49
Speaker 6: time with the guy and you can see for yourself
22:53
Speaker 6: because he's a special dude. He's accountable.
22:59
Speaker 8: He's resilient. He's reliable.
23:03
Speaker 6: He's kind of discovering who he is as a pitcher.
23:07
Speaker 6: He's as good a teammate as you ever want to have.
23:11
Speaker 6: He cares about others. So that's at the core. And
23:15
Speaker 6: then as he goes out and pitches, he's got a
23:17
Speaker 6: low-release fastball that plays up. He's got a really good changeup.
23:24
Speaker 6: Throws a cutter and a breaking ball to go along
23:27
Speaker 6: with it. So he's kind of a complete pitcher, and
23:30
Speaker 6: he can command and educate that heater in kind of
23:33
Speaker 6: a cool way. So, yeah. He didn't throw the ball great.
23:38
Speaker 6: He's in uncharted waters as far as innings and things
23:41
Speaker 6: like that. But all our guys are. But, yeah, he's been–
23:47
Speaker 6: when you think about the heroes of the team or
23:49
Speaker 6: the guys that really made this club so special, he's
23:56
Speaker 6: definitely at the forefront.
23:57
Speaker 4: What about the boys in the second round?
24:00
Speaker 6: You just mentioned how great Young Road is. What have
24:02
Speaker 6: you discussed? Are you rooting for the Dodgers?
24:11
Speaker 8: It took you a while.
24:17
Speaker 6: I saw mom put her hand across your mouth like
24:19
Speaker 6: don't say it.
24:24
Speaker 5: Um you just mentioned how yamada has been so great.
24:26
Speaker 4: What have you discussed with your hitters about um changing
24:30
Speaker 4: their approach in order to be.
24:31
Speaker 6: Successful yeah great question um We've discussed Yamamoto. Guys are
24:39
Speaker 6: not going to change that much, but their mindset, what
24:42
Speaker 6: they're looking for, their conviction, they can change. So obviously
24:48
Speaker 6: we know he relies on six different pitches. He's good
24:52
Speaker 6: at them all. When you least expect it, he'll flip
24:54
Speaker 6: that breaking ball in there and freeze you. But he
24:57
Speaker 6: relies a lot of heater, a lot of split off
25:00
Speaker 6: the heater. Then he can cut you. He can sink you.
25:03
Speaker 6: He can throw this one. Throw a slider. He's just super,
25:09
Speaker 6: super talented. He's on you. He's, like, coming at you
25:13
Speaker 6: all the time.
25:17
Speaker 2: You have so many great young players on the team
25:19
Speaker 2: that have stepped up, like Lara and Pratt, and now.
25:23
Speaker 6: Logan Henson is going to get the ball.
25:25
Speaker 4: What have you said.
25:25
Speaker 5: To them to help them mentally be prepared for this season?
25:30
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think my words don't mean nearly as much
25:34
Speaker 6: as their teammates' words. And I think they've got a
25:37
Speaker 6: bunch of teammates that kind of, you know, check them
25:41
Speaker 6: all the time and give them encouragement and let them
25:44
Speaker 6: know that Lara sits in there with Contreras and Churio
25:48
Speaker 6: and Uribe. And, you know, they give Lara a hard time,
25:52
Speaker 6: but they also probably like what you do, your brother.
25:56
Speaker 6: You give him a hard time, but then when the
25:57
Speaker 6: push comes to shove, you know, you put your arm
26:00
Speaker 6: around him and you love him. And I think that
26:02
Speaker 6: our guys do the same thing to them, and that
26:05
Speaker 6: helps them. Henderson has that same group around him of
26:08
Speaker 6: starting pitchers that they're all young but he's got Woodruff
26:12
Speaker 6: in there and people like that that have been through
26:15
Speaker 6: it that mentor him and say things to get them
26:21
Speaker 6: to relax a little.
26:25
Speaker 2: Bit What was your first impression of William Contreras when
26:28
Speaker 2: he got here and how have you seen him grow
26:30
Speaker 2: into the.
26:31
Speaker 6: Leader that he's become now? Um so I'm, I'm really
26:36
Speaker 6: close with Walt Weiss, you know, of, of the Braves.
26:38
Speaker 6: So anytime there's a Braves Brewers transaction, we just immediately
26:43
Speaker 6: pick up the phone. We, we expect it. Um, so
26:48
Speaker 6: Walt filled me in and said, I'm going to tell you,
26:50
Speaker 6: you're getting something special. You know, this is a special guy.
26:53
Speaker 6: I said, it, it, the, you know, you got to
26:56
Speaker 6: peel away the onion a little bit and kind of
26:58
Speaker 6: look back, look behind a few things that come at
27:02
Speaker 6: you strong. Um, But he's just grown. He wants to
27:07
Speaker 6: win very, very badly. The job he did yesterday with
27:10
Speaker 6: Miz was incredible. He doesn't get the credit. He was incredible.
27:14
Speaker 6: Between every inning, he's looking them in the eye, sitting there,
27:19
Speaker 6: you can do this, man.
27:20
Speaker 2: You can do this.
27:23
Speaker 6: It was amazing. It was amazing what William did.
27:26
Speaker 2: That's Brewers manager Pat Murphy heading into game two. of
27:34
Speaker 2: the National League Championship Series. First pitch is about 90-plus
27:38
Speaker 2: minutes away. Drew and Billy huddled up at Saz's Statehouse,
27:42
Speaker 2: 55th and State, the finest. Got the shuttles running nonstop here,
27:46
Speaker 2: getting people to the game. If you're looking for a
27:48
Speaker 2: place to watch the game and have great libations and food,
27:51
Speaker 2: feel free to come and join us here.
27:53
Speaker 4: Yeah, good place to be here for the, listen, when
27:55
Speaker 4: they fire out a playoff menu, Drew, that's going to
27:57
Speaker 4: be the hitter. We've already had the sliders running through here,
28:00
Speaker 4: but a mini brat trio? I feel like that's the
28:03
Speaker 4: only way to celebrate a Brewers playoff game and an
28:06
Speaker 4: absolute massacring of the Chicago Bears yesterday.
28:09
Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. As it happens, we are joined now
28:12
Speaker 2: by the voice of the Packers, our pal Wayne Larive. And, Wayne,
28:16
Speaker 2: it was a great sports day yesterday in Wisconsin. We're
28:19
Speaker 2: hoping for the Brewers to continue the good vibes. But
28:23
Speaker 2: in our opening montage, we were listening to a smash.
28:37
Speaker 8: Guys, I can't quite, you've cut out on me.
28:47
Speaker 3: Well, Wayne Arman here. I think we lost those guys
28:49
Speaker 3: for a second. Can't hear you guys. Can't hear your
28:52
Speaker 3: audio there a little bit, Drew. So we're still working
28:54
Speaker 3: on that. But Wayne, I'm sure they're talking about the
28:57
Speaker 3: surprising result yesterday and the excitement it was to watch
29:01
Speaker 3: the Packers come out the way they first came out.
29:04
Speaker 3: and to dominate the Bears early on. And that was
29:07
Speaker 3: surprising for both of us, I think.
29:09
Speaker 8: Yeah, it really was, Armand. You know, they came out
29:12
Speaker 8: and the Packers jumped all over them, you know, moved
29:16
Speaker 8: the football, scored touchdowns on their first two possessions. I
29:19
Speaker 8: thought that was big. It set the tone for the
29:21
Speaker 8: rest of the day. And so, no, it was a
29:25
Speaker 8: great day for the Packers. One they needed. We knew
29:29
Speaker 8: going in they'd have to play their best game to win,
29:31
Speaker 8: and they played their best game and won resoundingly.
29:34
Speaker 3: Well, they really did. And then they held on. I
29:36
Speaker 3: thought that was key as well, Wayne. You can get
29:38
Speaker 3: out to a great start, but we've seen this before
29:40
Speaker 3: from the Packers a few times when they've had trouble
29:43
Speaker 3: holding on to leads like that. And in this situation,
29:47
Speaker 3: they were able to maintain. I mean, defensively, offensively, they maintained,
29:51
Speaker 3: and not only that, they completed it. And I think
29:54
Speaker 3: mostly because of the defense creating so many takeaways.
29:58
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think so too. Obviously, Chicago didn't have Caleb Williams.
30:03
Speaker 8: Would he have made a difference? Sure, probably. Would he
30:05
Speaker 8: have won the game for them? Who knows. But the
30:08
Speaker 8: fact is they didn't have him, and the Packers took advantage.
30:11
Speaker 8: I thought they got pretty good pressure on the quarterback.
30:13
Speaker 8: They disguised coverages in the secondary. The Green Bay safeties
30:17
Speaker 8: are playing just outstanding, and so are the cornerbacks. I
30:21
Speaker 8: really think the key to the game, though, Armand, and
30:24
Speaker 8: you may have heard us talk about it in the pregame,
30:27
Speaker 8: with Larry and John Kuhn, I thought if they could
30:29
Speaker 8: get this thing into the secondary of the Bears, more
30:32
Speaker 8: specifically to the corners of the Bears defense, the Packers
30:36
Speaker 8: offense against the Bears defense, if they could get to
30:39
Speaker 8: the corners, I thought they could win. And they did.
30:42
Speaker 8: They got the ball to the corners. They made those
30:44
Speaker 8: big plays. Quite frankly, Tyreek Stevenson and Jalen Johnson are
30:49
Speaker 8: two fine quarterbacks. They'd be starting on our team. But
30:54
Speaker 8: I had noticed throughout the first four weeks of the season,
30:56
Speaker 8: they'd been giving up some plays. Now, Chicago plays that
31:00
Speaker 8: man-to-man defense more than anyone except one other team in
31:03
Speaker 8: the league. So they're second most in the league in
31:05
Speaker 8: man-to-man defense. And then, you know, the other thing they do,
31:09
Speaker 8: single safety high. Well, if you play like that, you
31:13
Speaker 8: better have a heck of a pass rush. Chicago does not.
31:16
Speaker 8: They do not get great pressure on the quarterback. And therefore,
31:19
Speaker 8: their quarterbacks have been getting eaten alive this year.
31:22
Speaker 10: Yeah.
31:22
Speaker 3: That was something that, you know, that Matt LaFleur saw
31:25
Speaker 3: on tape. He really keyed in on that part of
31:28
Speaker 3: the game plan. And they said to, said to themselves,
31:31
Speaker 3: what can I do? I can puncture this defense deep.
31:34
Speaker 3: I can puncture these corners deep. And the Packers did
31:35
Speaker 3: a good job with that. And, and definitely we're going
31:38
Speaker 3: after that specifically to try and, to try and create
31:41
Speaker 3: that matchup, that mismatch in this game. And in that sense,
31:44
Speaker 3: I'm sure it's a satisfying thing for Matt LaFleur to
31:47
Speaker 3: be able to, to be able to find that mismatch point.
31:51
Speaker 8: You know, Armin, one of the things I was thinking
31:53
Speaker 8: about is that game unfurled yesterday, so to speak, for
31:57
Speaker 8: lack of a better adjective. I kept thinking about how,
32:01
Speaker 8: you know what? The Packers actually do move the football
32:04
Speaker 8: well against the Bears. The Packers match up well against
32:07
Speaker 8: the Bears. And even at the end of last year,
32:09
Speaker 8: with all those players out, the Packers should have beaten
32:12
Speaker 8: the Bears in Chicago at the end of the regular season,
32:14
Speaker 8: in Chicago during the playoff game. They could have won
32:17
Speaker 8: three in a row over the Bears, quite frankly. pretty simply,
32:22
Speaker 8: but they didn't, and that changed the narrative around these
32:25
Speaker 8: two franchises for the entire year. I thought yesterday was
32:29
Speaker 8: more of the same. The Packers can move the ball
32:31
Speaker 8: against that Chicago defense, and Dennis Allen does a great job.
32:35
Speaker 8: They have good players on that defense. The Green Bay
32:37
Speaker 8: has proven over the course of the last two years
32:40
Speaker 8: now they can move the ball against Chicago, and that
32:43
Speaker 8: certainly was the case over 400 yards of offense, and
32:46
Speaker 8: Jordan Love just as good as he's ever been. And
32:51
Speaker 8: his accuracy in the last couple of weeks wasn't quite
32:53
Speaker 8: what we all expected, and a lot of us attributed
32:57
Speaker 8: that to him getting hit a lot. Well, he's only
32:59
Speaker 8: been hit seven times in the last two games, and
33:02
Speaker 8: his accuracy, remarkably, not coincidentally, has gotten a lot better.
33:07
Speaker 3: Absolutely well billy drew her back here and uh i
33:10
Speaker 3: took all the good questions sorry boys.
33:12
Speaker 2: You did huh oh my goodness well my question was
33:15
Speaker 2: we were listening to uh wayne and larry's calls in
33:17
Speaker 2: our opening montage and you sounded like you were at
33:20
Speaker 2: a a great barbecue or a great party what were
33:22
Speaker 2: you having as much fun in the booth as came
33:25
Speaker 2: across the airwaves wayne.
33:27
Speaker 8: Yeah yeah we were um it was a lot of
33:29
Speaker 8: fun and you know again our job is to document
33:33
Speaker 8: what's happening in the game but We certainly want the
33:36
Speaker 8: Packers to win, that's for sure. And so, you know,
33:39
Speaker 8: when they play like that, it was just a lot
33:41
Speaker 8: of fun. And it was great. It was great to see. And,
33:45
Speaker 8: you know, they've taken a lot of shots in the
33:48
Speaker 8: media and, you know, certainly from fans and that type
33:53
Speaker 8: of thing. It was wonderful to see them come out
33:55
Speaker 8: there against a Chicago team that felt very good about itself.
33:58
Speaker 8: It was playing very good football and basically destroyed them
34:01
Speaker 8: the way they did.
34:03
Speaker 4: Yeah, and all fans, media, and opposing coaches like to
34:07
Speaker 4: take their shots at the team. Wayne Larrabee joining us,
34:09
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34:16
Speaker 4: you mentioned the hits on Love and the lack of
34:20
Speaker 4: them there. Travis Glover getting another start. I don't know,
34:23
Speaker 4: there were a whole lot of us that before warm-ups
34:26
Speaker 4: had anticipated that would be the case, but Kevin Zeitler, since,
34:31
Speaker 4: whether it's on the practice field, in the meeting room,
34:33
Speaker 4: They have been a lot more calm, and the two
34:35
Speaker 4: sacks that ended up coming up yesterday, I thought Larry
34:39
Speaker 4: had a good point. You know, Lincoln Tomlinson's doing what
34:42
Speaker 4: you're taught, go and find work. He actually hits Austin
34:45
Speaker 4: Booker into Jordan Love. The pass protection, the really underrated
34:50
Speaker 4: part of their deep ball ability yesterday.
34:53
Speaker 8: No question, Billy. You know, if you're going to hit
34:55
Speaker 8: shots downfield, you need time to allow those shots to
34:58
Speaker 8: create downfield, allow the receiver to get open downfield. And
35:02
Speaker 8: they had, you know, Love looked as comfortable in the
35:05
Speaker 8: pocket as I've seen him all season. So, yeah, kudos
35:09
Speaker 8: to the offensive line. They've taken a lot of heat
35:11
Speaker 8: over these first five weeks of the season. But really
35:14
Speaker 8: in the last two weeks, and certainly yesterday, they were
35:17
Speaker 8: really good.
35:18
Speaker 2: Did that feel like an inflection point to you, Wayne?
35:20
Speaker 2: Because this all goes away if they don't play well
35:24
Speaker 2: Sunday night against Dallas. But it feels like they finally
35:27
Speaker 2: put it together. And Billy and I were racking our
35:29
Speaker 2: brains trying to think of the last time the Packers
35:31
Speaker 2: played such a complete game the way they moved it
35:33
Speaker 2: the only thing with the kicking game aside but five
35:37
Speaker 2: takeaways five nothing in turnovers Jordan Love throwing it wherever
35:40
Speaker 2: he wanted to whomever he wanted it's been two years
35:43
Speaker 2: since we've seen them hitting like.
35:44
Speaker 8: This yeah you know what Drew I mean is it
35:48
Speaker 8: a turning point in the season I'm with you ask
35:51
Speaker 8: me after the Dallas game next Sunday night and if
35:53
Speaker 8: they beat Dallas yeah it probably was a turning point
35:57
Speaker 8: I mean I look at Atlanta Atlanta playing terrific football
36:00
Speaker 8: and since they came to Green Bay and won their
36:02
Speaker 8: first game of the season, and I know they got
36:05
Speaker 8: beat last night in a tight ball game in overtime,
36:07
Speaker 8: but nonetheless, yeah, there are different points in the season
36:11
Speaker 8: where it's going to go one way or the other,
36:14
Speaker 8: and hopefully this is where it goes a positive way.
36:17
Speaker 8: It goes up for the Packers, but I don't think
36:19
Speaker 8: we'll really know that until we see what happens in
36:22
Speaker 8: the Dallas game.
36:23
Speaker 2: A lot of Bears fans, Wayne, are trying to cope
36:25
Speaker 2: with what happened yesterday, and they're telling themselves, well, we
36:27
Speaker 2: were injured, and they beat a backup quarterback, so You know,
36:30
Speaker 2: no big deal. They didn't say anything when Malik Willis
36:32
Speaker 2: was on the field for the Packers. And the Bears
36:35
Speaker 2: did have some attrition during the game. They lost some T.J.
36:38
Speaker 3: Edwards.
36:38
Speaker 2: They lost some guys that were losing guys steadily. They
36:40
Speaker 2: were walking up the tunnel. But the Packers were without
36:43
Speaker 2: Micah Parsons, Josh Jacobs, Zach Bacco-Boweli. They were without Edger
36:46
Speaker 2: and Cooper. It's like, isn't that about the same? We
36:50
Speaker 2: always say next man up. But was that a factor
36:53
Speaker 2: what happened to them in game? Or do you feel
36:55
Speaker 2: like this would have happened no matter who was on
36:56
Speaker 2: the field?
36:58
Speaker 8: I just think the Packers were primed and ready to
37:00
Speaker 8: play a big game. And, you know, you're right about
37:03
Speaker 8: the injuries. You know, yeah, we could say, well, they
37:05
Speaker 8: didn't have Caleb Williams. You know, the Packers didn't have
37:07
Speaker 8: Micah Parsons and all the players you mentioned. And, you know,
37:11
Speaker 8: most of them aren't going to, they're not going to
37:12
Speaker 8: have most of those guys. But I thought, you know,
37:15
Speaker 8: Tyron Hopper's a guy who, okay, he's not Edger and Cooper. Okay,
37:20
Speaker 8: Edger and Cooper, folks, for those of you who aren't
37:22
Speaker 8: paying attention, was blossoming into one of the top, difference-making,
37:27
Speaker 8: field-tilting linebackers in the game today, okay? He's gone. Tyron
37:32
Speaker 8: Hopper's a guy who, if you look at him athletically,
37:35
Speaker 8: he does kind of mirror a little bit some of
37:38
Speaker 8: the qualities that Edger and Cooper brings to the party.
37:41
Speaker 8: We think Hopper's a great athlete. Is he the player?
37:43
Speaker 8: Cooper is probably not, but fact is he showed he
37:46
Speaker 8: can do some things out there, made a nice interception
37:49
Speaker 8: in that game yesterday. So, you know, excited about him.
37:52
Speaker 8: I think he's going to get more and more of
37:53
Speaker 8: an opportunity on the field. You mentioned Travis Glover. I mean,
37:57
Speaker 8: we're all waiting for Kevin Zeitler to start at right guard,
37:59
Speaker 8: aren't we? But you know what? Travis Glover played well
38:02
Speaker 8: in Tampa, and Matt LaFleur said, you know what? He
38:04
Speaker 8: deserves another start, and he played yesterday.
38:08
Speaker 4: Well, and to see them earn more opportunities there, you
38:11
Speaker 4: mentioned Hopper. He has such an opportunity here and had
38:14
Speaker 4: a great in the playoff game, took advantage of it.
38:17
Speaker 4: The opportunities on the outside, Wayne, they made moves this
38:21
Speaker 4: offseason that to give the ball more to Matthew Golden,
38:24
Speaker 4: whether that was Romeo Dobbs leaving for four years and
38:27
Speaker 4: 70 million in free agency, the Dontavian Wicks trade. It
38:31
Speaker 4: was to consolidate maybe some of the targets. And I
38:34
Speaker 4: don't want to be prisoner of the moment, but here
38:36
Speaker 4: I am after five weeks. Wayne, they might have the
38:39
Speaker 4: best wide receiving duo in the division. Jordan Addison and
38:44
Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson, JJ is always going to be number one,
38:47
Speaker 4: I think, in the division. And Jamison Williams and Amon
38:50
Speaker 4: Ross St. Brown in Detroit are very, very good, but
38:53
Speaker 4: right now they have two of the top 12 in
38:56
Speaker 4: terms of production-wide receivers, and I don't see it slowing
38:59
Speaker 4: down anytime soon.
39:01
Speaker 8: No, I don't either, Billy. You know, I think the
39:04
Speaker 8: passing game's a little different than was designed because of
39:08
Speaker 8: the loss of Jaden Reed in the slot, and I
39:11
Speaker 8: think that's a loss that is very subtle. A lot
39:14
Speaker 8: of us who are laymen probably don't notice it very much,
39:16
Speaker 8: But it is a loss, and it changes the way
39:19
Speaker 8: they're going to do business downfield in the passing game.
39:22
Speaker 8: But that doesn't mean you're not going to get the
39:23
Speaker 8: ball deep. That doesn't mean Tucker Kraft's not going to
39:26
Speaker 8: make a deep crossing pattern and catch a 40-yard pass.
39:29
Speaker 8: You know, one of the things that jumped out to
39:31
Speaker 8: me at the game yesterday, there are two players that
39:34
Speaker 8: we've talked a lot about last week. Remember, guys, we
39:37
Speaker 8: talked about Devontae Wyatt and Tucker Kraft. They're on the field,
39:42
Speaker 8: but they're not back yet. Well, I thought both took
39:45
Speaker 8: major steps forward yesterday. They're getting close to being back.
39:50
Speaker 2: You're absolutely right, Wayne.
39:52
Speaker 3: Tucker was great, absolutely.
39:53
Speaker 2: Tucker was fantastic. We just had a Pabst fall on
39:56
Speaker 2: the deck here. A blue ribbon spill. A blue ribbon spill.
40:00
Speaker 2: We've got to get this guy a new beer. We
40:01
Speaker 2: just had a major accident here. That's not going to
40:04
Speaker 2: be a good.
40:04
Speaker 4: He does not have a Yamamoto shirt on, so I
40:06
Speaker 4: was hoping that that would have been a good omen.
40:08
Speaker 3: That's why we're drinking Miller Lite. That's why we're.
40:10
Speaker 2: Drinking Miller Lite. That's correct, Armin. If that would have
40:12
Speaker 2: been a Miller Lite.
40:13
Speaker 4: That would not have been a legendary move by my
40:15
Speaker 4: man over here.
40:16
Speaker 2: Great work. Wayne, on the way out, since your Yankees
40:19
Speaker 2: are gone, are you all in with the Brewers now
40:21
Speaker 2: and with the rest of us?
40:22
Speaker 8: Absolutely. I was before. I want to see them get
40:26
Speaker 8: to the World Series. I really do. I think they
40:29
Speaker 8: and Tampa are the two best teams left. I really do.
40:32
Speaker 8: Now the Dodgers will have something to say about it.
40:34
Speaker 8: I think it's going to be a long series. But, boy,
40:37
Speaker 8: to get that win last night, I don't know how
40:38
Speaker 8: you guys felt about it, but I'm sitting there saying
40:41
Speaker 8: to myself, you know, if they win this game, uh,
40:44
Speaker 8: you know, it will give them that dynamic of confidence that, Hey,
40:49
Speaker 8: we can beat the Dodgers in October. We sure as
40:52
Speaker 8: all hell can beat them in July, but you know what?
40:54
Speaker 8: We're going to beat them in October. And that's when
40:56
Speaker 8: it really counts. And I, I thought that was the
40:58
Speaker 8: significance of getting a win last night. John Smoltz felt
41:01
Speaker 8: they had to get a win on a game where
41:03
Speaker 8: Mizorowski started, whether he won the game or not. He
41:06
Speaker 8: had one, if he starts a game, they've got to win. Well,
41:09
Speaker 8: they did. But I also think, um, Bigger picture, just
41:12
Speaker 8: watching the body language of the players and all, I
41:15
Speaker 8: think it kind of gave them, all right, we're going
41:18
Speaker 8: to do this. We can do this. We can beat
41:20
Speaker 8: these guys in October. It's not the regular season. It's
41:22
Speaker 8: the postseason, and we can beat them in the postseason.
41:25
Speaker 8: So hopefully that carries on.
41:27
Speaker 3: Just being unburdened by the whole thing. We didn't get
41:29
Speaker 3: swept this year. Right away, we beat them in last year.
41:33
Speaker 3: That's a burden lifted. Now we get on to the
41:36
Speaker 3: business of trying to win the series.
41:37
Speaker 2: I like that. Clear the first bar. Don't get swept.
41:41
Speaker 4: Wayne, Armin's learning way too many of my old tricks.
41:44
Speaker 4: Set the bar as low as possible, and then you.
41:46
Speaker 2: Can always win.
41:48
Speaker 3: 10 for 10 in the high jump when it's a
41:50
Speaker 3: foot high.
41:51
Speaker 6: Yeah.
41:53
Speaker 2: That's the way I feel about loading the dishwasher.
41:56
Speaker 8: Yes.
41:56
Speaker 2: Set it very low. Set the bar very low. Wayne,
41:59
Speaker 2: thank you for joining us. It's always a treat. We
42:01
Speaker 2: will talk to you again on Friday, and let's keep
42:03
Speaker 2: the good vibes going.
42:05
Speaker 8: Sounds good, guys. Take care.
42:06
Speaker 2: All right. The great Wayne Larrabee, voice of the Packers,
42:09
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42:15
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42:22
Speaker 4: My grandpa worked at the Pabst Brewery. He'd be rolling
42:24
Speaker 4: over right now if he knew that tall boy hit
42:27
Speaker 4: the deck like that. Oh, Harry would be pissed.
42:29
Speaker 2: You're in the huddle, Fox Sports Radio, Wisconsin. Welcome back
42:40
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42:42
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42:51
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42:54
Speaker 2: issues with over the air and the stream. We've been
42:57
Speaker 2: on YouTube the entire show. Yes, sir. Had Wayne Lariveon.
43:00
Speaker 2: We heard from Pat Murphy and his pregame presser. But
43:03
Speaker 2: we're all good now. So this, you know, growing pains.
43:08
Speaker 4: Now we're one hour away from first pitch, and you
43:11
Speaker 4: get into the final time when folks are either making
43:15
Speaker 4: the last decision. Are we parking? Are we trying to
43:18
Speaker 4: suffer through getting into lots, spending almost $ 50 on general parking,
43:23
Speaker 4: or am I going to go down to Saz's, jump
43:24
Speaker 4: on the shuttle, go say hi to Drew and Billy,
43:27
Speaker 4: and then go to and from the game? That seems
43:29
Speaker 4: like the best answer.
43:30
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is, I think. And we did, you know,
43:31
Speaker 3: Red Hot Tim Nott did ask, was that just Billy
43:33
Speaker 3: and Drew trying to give themselves time for the sample platter?
43:36
Speaker 4: My ribs did get here, like, at the exact moment
43:39
Speaker 4: that the.
43:39
Speaker 2: Power went out. I don't know how that happened.
43:42
Speaker 4: If someone's sticky fingers or, you know, with the Saz's sauce,
43:45
Speaker 4: it's more of a sassy sauce. So my sassy fingers
43:48
Speaker 4: maybe just did? Sassy fingers.
43:50
Speaker 2: That's one of my favorite bands. I saw them once
43:52
Speaker 2: at the rave. Sassy fingers. It was incredible. They were amazing.
43:55
Speaker 4: I was going to say, they can really let it rip.
43:57
Speaker 8: Yeah.
43:57
Speaker 3: The big stage.
43:57
Speaker 2: So as we move forward, we're with you until 5 o'clock.
44:00
Speaker 2: Our new time slot from 2 to 5 p.m. on
44:03
Speaker 2: these airwaves and interwebs. Technical glitches now ironed out. We're
44:07
Speaker 2: back at it. And moving forward, we're going to listen
44:10
Speaker 2: to Matt LaFleur's press conference later in the program, get
44:13
Speaker 2: the latest from what's happening at 1265 as the Packers
44:16
Speaker 2: are basking in the glow of a victory over the
44:19
Speaker 2: always hated but never feared Bears and of course game
44:22
Speaker 2: two in just an hour away. And I think we
44:23
Speaker 2: got to hear a little bit of this Jake Bauer stuff.
44:26
Speaker 2: I mean online everybody is talking about his soundbite. You
44:30
Speaker 2: can make a case that he's the Brewers MVP position
44:32
Speaker 2: player wise this year and he had an interesting, you're right,
44:35
Speaker 2: it was an interesting podium for him and we're going
44:37
Speaker 2: to spin through some of that sound. Get your thoughts
44:39
Speaker 2: As the Brewers go into Game 2, is this a
44:41
Speaker 2: must-win for the Dodgers? Kind of feels that way to me.
44:43
Speaker 2: I like the shoe on the other foot, Drew. That's
44:46
Speaker 2: what I'm talking about. We don't want to go down
44:47
Speaker 2: 2-0 when the other team's got the home field advantage.
44:49
Speaker 2: But we're here all about it. They're running shuttles from
44:52
Speaker 2: Saz's place to be during the game to watch it
44:54
Speaker 2: or after the game to get your snacks on because
44:57
Speaker 2: the food here is on point. 55th and State Street, Saz's.com.
45:02
Speaker 2: is the website. Saz himself is hanging out watching the
45:04
Speaker 2: game here today. It doesn't get any better than that.
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Speaker 2: That's right.
45:06
Speaker 4: That's royalty in this city.
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Speaker 2: Glorious Victory Monday in the good land. You are in
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